Windows is an operating system developed by the American company Microsoft. It is a set of programs that allow you to manage the resources of a computer and manage the hardware from the most basic levels.
Windows XP is a version of Windows, released in October 2001. Its code name during the development phase was Whistler, while its official name comes from the English term eXPerience.
This operating system, which succeeded Windows 2000 and is the predecessor of Windows Vista, managed to become the most used in the world. It has adaptations for various environments, such as home computers, laptops and mini-laptops.
It is important to know that since its appearance, Microsoft has been launching a series of packages, the so-called service packs, with which it has been improving some of the benefits of the aforementioned operating system.
In 2002, 2004 and 2008 was when he proceeded to present those that introduced new features such as a new interface for what was the firewall, improvements in the security system of what was Windows Media Player or the capacity that the e-mail program (Outlook) could block attachments that it considers to be dangerous.
At a technical level, its main innovation is the fact that it is based on the architecture and core of Windows NT, being the first Microsoft consumer-oriented operating system to have this feature.
The fact that it offers the possibility to proceed to install drivers or different applications without having to carry out the entire system restart procedure or that it gives the opportunity to use remote desktop are other features that made Windows XP became a true benchmark within the IT sector.
Users have praised the graphical interface of Windows XP, which promotes a more simplified use compared to other operating systems. Instead, among the most frequent criticisms are its security vulnerabilities and the integration of the Internet Explorer browser and the Windows Media Player (which can be considered as an abuse of Microsoft's dominant position in the market and an attack against the free competition).
Another novelty in Windows XP is the inclusion of the Windows Genuine Advantage system, which is responsible for verifying whether the copy is original or counterfeit. When the program fails the validation process, the user encounters a warning.
In the next year 2014, specifically April 8, is when Windows XP is scheduled to stop having support. What this will mean is that from that moment the users who have the aforementioned operating system on their computers cannot have any more security updates, or corrections to what are system errors or patches of various kinds. A fact that what it will basically mean is that the equipment that has that installed is unprotected and more exposed to vulnerabilities.